Tradition.
It would not be New Year's Day without eating and making dumplings and sauerkraut.
I hope this tradition lasts forever, or at least for me, through my lifetime....but a great tribute to our ancestors if it continues to be passed on from generation to generation.
When all was said and done, we'd made 40 pounds of potatoes!
At first, we made just over 30 pounds but my stubborn determination got the best of me and I eventually finished off the rest....
Half of the fun truly is gathering early, putting on the sauerkraut, letting it simmer as the rich aroma swirls throughout the house as we attempt to make the potato dumplings.
Mom was the Queen. She had the touch. We came close this year but it was definitely not the same. However, I'm sure we all did her proud.
As for me, never fails, after I place the final dumpling into the pot of boiling water, I am covered in flour and must change before we sit down to eat.
I would not have it any other way!
And to those who are not familiar with this ritual, they cringe and make the oddest of faces as we tell them we encourage slathering the hot grease which the pork was cooking in all over our dumplings, sauerkraut and pork.
Come on, one day out of the year, we indulge. And do we!
It would not be New Year's Day without eating and making dumplings and sauerkraut.
I hope this tradition lasts forever, or at least for me, through my lifetime....but a great tribute to our ancestors if it continues to be passed on from generation to generation.
When all was said and done, we'd made 40 pounds of potatoes!
At first, we made just over 30 pounds but my stubborn determination got the best of me and I eventually finished off the rest....
Half of the fun truly is gathering early, putting on the sauerkraut, letting it simmer as the rich aroma swirls throughout the house as we attempt to make the potato dumplings.
Mom was the Queen. She had the touch. We came close this year but it was definitely not the same. However, I'm sure we all did her proud.
As for me, never fails, after I place the final dumpling into the pot of boiling water, I am covered in flour and must change before we sit down to eat.
I would not have it any other way!
And to those who are not familiar with this ritual, they cringe and make the oddest of faces as we tell them we encourage slathering the hot grease which the pork was cooking in all over our dumplings, sauerkraut and pork.
Come on, one day out of the year, we indulge. And do we!
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